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{"title":"Empirical Evaluation of the Impact of Leadership Type in a Process of Agile Transformation","authors":"Nurgul Janowski","doi":"10.22364/jemr.10.02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22364/jemr.10.02","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this article is to investigate the  dependency of leadership type, especially the leadership behaviour, to the process of agile transformation. Main hypothesis which is to be proved in this article: Leadership type influences the  agile transformation. To ensure the  agile transformation, the  most important factor leadership type must be agile aligned and serve as the  driving power in the agile transformation process.","PeriodicalId":162320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Economics and Management Research","volume":"115 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122258204","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Mediating Role of Entrepreneurial Orientation, Organisational Learning And SMEs’ Performance","authors":"Kowo Solomon Akpoviroro, A. O. Amos, Oyedele Ola Olusegun","doi":"10.22364/jemr.10.03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22364/jemr.10.03","url":null,"abstract":"The cornerstone of entrepreneurship is Entrepreneurial Orientation (EO) and it is one of the significant predictors of SMEs performance. The concept of EO has been widely discussed through previous studies in entrepreneurship, so it can be considered as one of the main topics in this field, and the most commonly used measure of entrepreneurial behaviour or inclination in strategies and entrepreneurship studies. EO has emerged as an area of research, and EO impact studies have become a sub-field in Entrepreneurship Education research. The objectives of the study were to determine the effect of organisational learning (OL) on SMEs performance and also to examine the effect of innovative performance on EO. The study population refers to the managers of SMEs registered with the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) in Lagos State, Nigeria. Analysis of variance (ANOVA), correlation efficiency, and regression analysis was employed. The research found that EO affects organisational learning in an SME context. EO has a strong effect on learning and expands learning scope by encouraging companies to challenge the status quo and to make it more flexible and alter the way they work. There is a significant and positive relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and organisational learning within firms because it was revealed that entrepreneurial orientation has different impacts on the individual components of strategic learning. Moreover, the results of the study indicated that EO affects innovative performance. Entrepreneurialism significantly affects innovation and performance. Innovativeness, proactiveness and risk-taking have a  strong impact on creating innovation, and entrepreneurial activity which enhances innovative behaviour. The  study recommends that SMEs in Nigeria should be more proactive in developing strategies, improving operations, and paying attention to entrepreneurial orientation and organisational learning. Entrepreneurial orientation behaviours should be strengthened within SMEs, and should take advantage of the  outputs in order to develop organisational learning processes, creative performance, corporate performance, improved decision-making processes, and adaptation to a  rapidly changing work environment. Additionally, managers of these enterprises should encourage risk-taking in new initiatives and project planning processes.","PeriodicalId":162320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Economics and Management Research","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122710452","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Ease of Doing Business Reforms and Business Growth Among Selected Micro, Small And Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Present Day Nigeria: a Hierarchical Multiple Regression Modelling Approach","authors":"O. Olayemi, P. Okonji, Martin Osaro Ogbeiwi","doi":"10.22364/jemr.10.04","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22364/jemr.10.04","url":null,"abstract":"This article examines how operators of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the Lagos, Nigeria perceives the impact of the ease of doing business reforms, as crafted by the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) on their businesses. This article utilises the survey approach and the hierarchical linear modelling technique for analysis. Measures of ease of doing business topics used in this study include starting a business, getting credit, getting electricity and registering property. Others are, tax payment, entry and exit of people and construction permits. These components of ease of doing business reforms were analysed from the perception of the MSME operators, with a view to determining the factors to be considered by government for improving the business regulatory environment. Results revealed that whilst operators are confident that the reforms have impacted revenue growth and cost reduction, particularly through getting credit, getting electricity and registering property, the same could not be said for employment generation. From these findings the authors suggest that whilst government may yet find plenty of room to operate in to improve the modalities for starting businesses, tax payment, movement of business persons into and out of the country, and processing of construction permits, MSME operators, just as much as government, still have their bit to do by ensuring that as businesses are empowered, they become more socio-economically responsible","PeriodicalId":162320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Economics and Management Research","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127955752","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Determinants of Customer Patronage of Fast Food Outlets in Benin City","authors":"U. C. Okolie, Idongesit David Udom","doi":"10.22364/jemr.10.05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22364/jemr.10.05","url":null,"abstract":"This study critically examined the factors influencing customer patronage of fast food outlets in Benin City. Specifically, the independent variables examined include quality of service delivery, brand image and price and how they relate to customer patronage. The study adopted survey research design. The population includes all customers that patronise fast food outlets in Benin City, Edo State. Fifty (50) respondents each were chosen in four fast food outlets namely: Mr. Biggs, Mat Ice, Kada Food and Omega Food to have a sample size of two hundred (200) out of which 188 questionnaires were found useable, amounting to 94%. The data analyses were done using both descriptive and inferential statistics. All analyses were done using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS 22.0) software. The study revealed that there are positive and significant relationship between the independent variables (service quality and brand image) and customer patronage except price that showed negative and not significant relationship with customer patronage. Based on these findings, the study recommended that fast food operators should continue to maintain high quality service delivery that will enhance the brand image of selected fast food outlets.","PeriodicalId":162320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Economics and Management Research","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121705208","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Acceptability of Micro-Insurance Scheme among Teachers in Public Secondary Schools in Lagos State, Nigeria","authors":"Bamgbose Olalekam Sadiq","doi":"10.22364/jemr.10.07","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22364/jemr.10.07","url":null,"abstract":"Low income earning workers such as the teachers in the public secondary schools, are faced with varying categories of financial risk which cannot e alleviated without the help of some other social arrangement such as micro-insurance schemes. However, these scheme has not been well accepted among the teachers. The study however, looked at the reasons for the low acceptability. A stratified simple random sampling technique was used to collect data from a sample of 384 secondary school teachers in Lagos state, using regression analysis techniques. Adequate knowledge and well structured products designs of the micro-insurance products does not influence the acceptability of the products among the teachers. The study result however, shows that not making the products compulsory is the major factor that influence the acceptability among the teachers.","PeriodicalId":162320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Economics and Management Research","volume":"51 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116145214","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Pattern of Students’ Enrolment and Graduation Rates in Al-Hikmah University, Nigeria: Implications for Management","authors":"Y. Suleiman, M. Ishola, Adedokun Afeez Dewunmi, Abdulqodir Aminah Abiola","doi":"10.22364/jemr.10.06","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22364/jemr.10.06","url":null,"abstract":"Enrolment and graduation rates are regarded as important indices that can be used to measure the growth and development of higher institutions, be it private or public. It is on this premise that this study assessed the students’ enrolment and graduation rates in Al-Hikmah University and its implication for the management. Two research questions were raised to guide the study. In order to provide answers to the research questions, secondary data were collected that consists of number of students’ enrolment from 2006–2019. Also, number of students that graduated were obtained from 2009–2019. Data collected were analysed using descriptive method. Findings of the study revealed high students’ enrolment from 2006 to 2020. Specifically, the highest enrolment in the university was in 2019 where it had 2793 at undergraduate level while 288 students were admitted in the year 2020 at postgraduate level. On graduation rate, findings showed that in the 2015/2016, 874 students graduated from the university, been the highest number of graduands ever recorded at undergraduate level while 64 postgraduate students were graduated in the year 2017/2018 session, been the highest number since the inception of the university. Based on the foregoing, the study concludes that enrolment and graduation rates are key determinants of school success. The study recommends that there is need for recruitment of agents to assist the  university in sourcing for students that are yearning for admission. The  agents to be recruited must be remunerated based on number of students they bring to the  university; this will increase their recruitment drive. Lastly, there is need for downward review of the school fees so as to increase the enrolment of students.","PeriodicalId":162320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Economics and Management Research","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122760291","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Determination Aspects of Possible Purchasing Prices for Blue Mussel Products from the Baltic Sea","authors":"Z. Ozoliņa, B. Sloka","doi":"10.22364/jemr.8.07","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22364/jemr.8.07","url":null,"abstract":"Demand for marine products has been relatively high and is increasing in most of countries. With higher demand for higher-value and protein-rich products population is looking for other sources that could be protein-rich products and might be substitute for fish products. Blue mussel contains proteins and minerals therefore it might become as food and feed ingredient and supplement product for food. Experience in many countries world-wide where mussel production is more developed has indicated that important aspect in realisation of the production is effective marketing. The following research methods were used in the research: studies of scientific publications on blue mussel price and factors influencing the price, survey of different stakeholders in mussel farming – public administrators, entrepreneurs and researchers; expert interviews. The data obtained from the study were analysed by indicators of descriptive statistics, cross – tabulations, testing of statistical hypothesis with t–test and analysis of variance – ANOVA, as well as correlation analysis and one of the most applied multivariate analysis methods – factor analysis. Based on experts’ survey the results indicated that experts are ready to pay more for fresh mussel rather for than for frozen mussel. The most of expert’s answers indicated the purchase price 5 euros for kilogram of frozen blue mussel.","PeriodicalId":162320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Economics and Management Research","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130089179","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Importance of Creativity for Business Development in Latvia","authors":"Aija Staškeviča, Riseb Culture in Latvia, M. Dunska","doi":"10.22364/jemr.8.02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22364/jemr.8.02","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":162320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Economics and Management Research","volume":"77 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127291608","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Determinants of Economic Growth in the EU NUTS2 Regions","authors":"Aleksejs Srebnijs, Maksims Sičs, O. Krasnopjorovs","doi":"10.22364/jemr.8.01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22364/jemr.8.01","url":null,"abstract":"The authors employ a Bayesian Model Averaging (BMA) framework to study economic growth determinants of the 276 European regions during 2006– 2015 period. This framework allows one to address, as much as possible to date, the model uncertainty problem. Application of BMA provides a possibility to run simultaneously numerous models to test each determinant in all possible variations. By controlling for top 500 higher education institutions over the world, the authors find statistical evidence that not only quantity of educational institutions does matter, but also the quality of each. In fact, it is one of the significant determinants of economic growth. Also, the model proves that higher education level, higher share of ICT patents, higher prime age population share, as well as higher manufacturing share are positively associated with subsequent economic growth; whereas, capital city regions tend to develop faster. The regions that tend to have a higher share of people with primary-only education have forecasted slower growth, as well as CO2 emissions and rapid population growth tend to have a negative correlation with economic growth. The findings suggest that a high share of information and communication technologies patents and a high share of industry in gross value added (GVA) will positively affect economic development. The authors also found a positive spillover effect from the neighbouring regions. Finally, the findings confirm a conditional convergence process among European regions – regions with higher initial income tend to develop slower if other factors remain unchanged.","PeriodicalId":162320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Economics and Management Research","volume":"222 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123027670","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Importance of Improving the Competence of Employees in the 21st Century","authors":"Ineta Lakstīgala, S. Bāliņa","doi":"10.22364/jemr.8.08","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22364/jemr.8.08","url":null,"abstract":"In the era of globalisation and the development of information technologies, increased attention is being paid to the development of workers’ competences. The aim of competence is a set of attitudes and behaviour which strengthens the relationship between the institutions and employees, focusing mainly on pro­ fes sional, motivated, flexible and honest employees of the public administration. It is important to work and strengthen personal and professional competences. This means that there is a need to regularly assess the competencies of public administration employees in order to improve them and understand which competencies will be required today. In order to improve the quality, efficiency, development of creative thinking, knowledge and adaptation to developments and requirements of the 21st century, there is a regular need to improve personal and professional competences. As well, it must be prepared that new jobs will be created in the future, where new skills and knowledge will be needed. It is therefore important to focus on the development of new skills throughout life in the learning process, which will produce good results for career development in order to become a competitive and competent employee. The aim of the study is to find out what employees’ competencies will be most demanding in the future. The methods used by the study are document analysis and methods of quantitative data analysis. The results of the study are used in practice in improving and assessing the development and necessity of the competence of public administration employees.","PeriodicalId":162320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Economics and Management Research","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117221600","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}